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The Minnesota Department of Health recently awarded Sabathani Community Center an Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative (EHDI) grant in the amount of $176,872 for fiscal year 2012-2013. Sabathani will work with community partners to address health disparities in the African American and Latino communities in the areas of diabetes, teen pregnancy, and unintentional injury and violence. Community partners include the Minnesota Internship Center (MNIC), Southside Clinic, HUE-Man Partnership, Kente Circle, Young Black Male Society, and the University of Minnesota. To eliminate health disparities in diabetes, Sabathani will increase the amount of healthy foods distributed to low-income families through its food shelf; offer an intergenerational healthy soul food cooking class to urban teens who attend MNIC; provide an array of fitness and dance classes (cardio kick boxing, low-impact aerobics, weight boot camp, Zumba, yoga, hip hop aerobics, and kettle bells) to neighborhood residents and MNIC students; offer a foot clinic and nurses clinic for seniors to check their glucose and weight levels; and conduct a support group in collaboration with the University of Minnesota for individuals who are diabetic or pre-diabetic through the Senior Center’s “Club Sugar.”